Homeowners are buying and installing private fire hydrant systems to help protect their homes during wildfires.

NPR transcribed more than 2,000 hours of radio communications from the LA fires. It shows hydrants going dry and first ...

Area Water Authority (MAWA) board members spent a portion of their monthly meeting this week discussing the wildfires ravaging parts of Los Angeles and the lessons that can be taken from the role ...

Fires in LA are sadly no surprise, yet the Mayor cut LA Fire Department’s budget by $23M. And reports of empty fire hydrants raise serious questions. Competence matters…Follow @latimes for ...

As wildfires become increasingly common in urban areas, public water systems are often unable to meet the firefighting demand ...

President Donald Trump is criticizing California water policy as he prepares to tour wildfire damage in Los Angeles ...

At some point this week, up to 20 per cent of the city’s hydrants went dry, according to LA mayor Karen Bass. And on Thursday night, firefighters had stopped tapping into hydrants at all.

"Copy that, LA. We do not have water," responded another in the area. By 6 a.m. Wednesday, firefighters in that neighborhood were also mentioning problems with hydrants – just like they had ...